High whale numbers and low quality meat have meant opening delays of more than a month.
Tag: crab season
Posted inBusiness & Labor
Recreational crab trapping ban to lift in Cape Mendocino Nov. 28; commercial fishery opening further delayed
High numbers of whales off the California coast and low quality crab meat in testing are keeping the commercial fishery closed.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
Whale entanglements prompt CDFW to close North Coast commercial dungeness crab fishery early
The Lost and Abandoned Gear Removal Program will start pulling crab traps out of the waters off of Humboldt and Mendocino counties April 27.
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources
Dungeness crab season opens on time for the first time in 7 years, but it’s off to slow start
Commercial Dungeness crab season opened on time Tuesday night, for the first time since the 2014-2015 season, but at least one local fisherman says the volume of crab here isn’t what it used to be.
Posted inBusiness & Labor
Dungeness crab season is officially open with new regulations to limit whale entanglements
Dungeness crab season officially started on Saturday, but with some new regulations intended to limit the marine life that ends up entangled in fishing gear.